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Fresh

The Tomatometer is 60% or higher.

Rotten

The Tomatometer is 59% or lower.

Certified Fresh

Movies and TV shows are Certified Fresh with a steady Tomatometer of 75% or higher after a set amount of reviews (80 for wide-release movies, 40 for limited-release movies, 20 for TV shows), including 5 reviews from Top Critics.

I allowed this movie to pull me in and was so confused and shocked by the ending that I stared at the credits for 10 minutes before turning off the TV. I at first found myself liking this movie very much but soon found myself looking at a confusing and depressing cinematic mess. The plot was flawed and did not do any justice to the book. The show had an interesting and likeable cast, but the performance was unimpressive. I regret that this movie was portrayed in the way that it was and think the filmmakers could have done a better job.

Compare this to ADVENTURELAND and weep. Or feel angry, whichever. Me, I want to kick this fucking movie in the fucking teeth. I hate its bullshit indie movie fucking pretensions, I hate its goddamn use of period inappropriate musical cues just because they're hipster-fabulous (nice fucking Iron & Wine in 1983, jackasses), I hate Sienna Miller's manic pixie dream girl and Peter Sarsgaard's manic pixie dream bisexual and Jon Foster's -- who was already way in trouble with me for being in THE INFORMERS -- blank fucking slate of a sleepwalking goddamn main character. This movie fucking sucks. Sorry I cursed so much.

Bechstein(Jon Foster) is a young man with many problems...His dad is a Gangster under investigation from the FBI..he's taken a crappy summer Job at a book store where he is also happens to be banging his boss(Mena Suvari)on a regular basis..and he's studying to be an accountant a job he really has no desire for...Until he meets Jane & Cleveland thats when things get exciting and complicated..I really like this movie..I thought it was one of the better coming of age stories to come out.

this film was a waste of time. It gave no sense or perspective of the time or place, it might as well have been in any average city in America circa 2010 and you would havase not noticed any diffference. I suspect as this was based on a first novel, the storyline was auto biographical for the boring parts with some drama thrown in. Same bullshit as 100 other coming of age stories. Get the hell out of wherever you are.

Based very loosely on the book by Michael Chabon (also wrote Wonder Boys) the screenplay holds the essence of the book but over-all is still lacking here. What is good is the chemistry between Jon Foster as ivy league college student with a high profile criminal of a father (Nick Nolte) and his two "friends" in the movie played very well by Peter Sarsgaard and Sienna Miller. Mena Suvari as his hottie boss/girlfriend lightens the story line, but despite the good performances over-all this felt half baked and deserved more from pen to paper.